BRISTOL – Bristol Marine has acquired Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Bristol Marine President Andy Tyska announced Wednesday. Boothbay Harbor Shipyard will continue to be run by Eric Graves, who becomes a vice president at Bristol Marine.
Bristol Marine said that facility improvements will be made to make the shipyard more accessible to boat owners and yachts visiting the area.
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“The acquisition of Boothbay Harbor Shipyard will further increase our capacity and diversify the level of service we can offer along the East Coast through Bristol Marine,” said Tyska. “Under [Graves’] leadership, the shipyard has undertaken some of the greatest repair and restoration projects in New England – and I know that Eric, together with the yard’s talented shipwrights and skilled workers, will build on that past success and effect improvements that will make their skills and services more available to today’s boaters.”
The Boothbay Harbor shipyard was founded in the late 1800s and operates a 700-ton marine railway. Currently the shipyard is restoring the Ernestina Morrisey, the official vessel of Massachusetts, and the Friendship of Salem, a ship owned by the U.S. National Park Service. The location has accommodated tall ships, superyachts, tugboats, Navy vessels, sailing yachts and workboats.
Details of the sale were not provided, although Tyska noted that Boothbay Harbor Shipyard currently has 16 employees. “We will be hiring more, hopefully working with Rhode Island schools like [IYRS School of Technology and Trades in Newport] to fill-time positions,” he said.
Bristol Marine employs about 50 tradesmen and tradeswomen in its two local operations in Bristol and Somerset.
Chris Bergenheim is the PBN web editor.
